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Mario Todino is a partner at Jones Day, Brussels Office. He has in-depth experience in mergers, cartels, compliance, state aids, and litigation before the European Union and national courts. He has an extensive background in EU and Italian law, both in the private and public sectors, having previously served in governmental positions in Italy and Brussels, as well as at the European Court of Justice. Mario has significant knowledge of the energy, chemical, consumer goods, IT, telecom, semiconductor, automotive, mining, pharmaceutical, medical device, financial services, and transportation industries. Mario is coauthor of the best-selling textbook on Italian competition law, La disciplina della concorrenza in Italia, edited by Il Mulino, second edition 2010, third edition forthcoming. He regularly lectures on EC and domestic competition law. Education: College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) (LL.M. in European Law Studies with honors 1992); University of Naples (J.D. magna cum laude 1990). Bar admission: Naples Bar, Italy. Government 13 service: Case Manager, Merger Directorate, DG COMP, Competition of the European Commission (2003-2006); Cabinet Member to President Giuseppe Tesauro (2000-2003) and Deputy Head, Legal Service, Italian Competition Authority (1999-2000); and Lawyer, Research Department, European Court of Justice (1995-1996). He speaks Italian, English, and French. Sacha D’Ecclesiis is a Partner at Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati based in the Rome office, leading the EU & Competition law and regulatory practice. Sacha’s activity focuses on advising Italian and foreign companies in different EU & competition and consumer law matters, as well as regulatory matters, mainly in the Technology, Media and Telecom and energy & oil sectors. He is active both in administrative proceedings, before the Italian Competition Authority and the European Commission, and in civil and administrative trials before Italian and European Courts. Sacha acquired an extensive knowledge in all the fields of competition law, spending five years in Brussels as a lawyer and then in Rome. He regularly speaks at International and national conferences as well as at post-graduate legal and business schools on EU & Competition and consumer law related topics. Sacha has recently been admitted as lecturer at the Italian National School of Administration to teach “Antitrust Law and State Aid” and is responsible for Market Regulation and Antitrust Commission of the Camera degli Avvocati Amministrativisti.